VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-10868

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.10%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

Primary references